What does the title mean? Were you familiar with the impact of the Vietnam War before reading this book? How did you process the role of...

The Buddha in the Attic is narrated in the first person plural, i.e., told from the point of view of a group of women rather than an...

What are your thoughts on the use of magical surrealism to explore personal and social constructions of gender identity? The women in the...

What were your biggest takeaways from Parker's methods? Why do you think this is the first book of the year? How did you think about her...

As Jasmine learns about her immigration status, what media tropes did you reflect on? What type of biases, implicit or explicit, are...

What was your initial reaction to reading a graphic novel? Consider the perspectives of the women in the stories of Thi’s parents and...

What are your responses to the poems? How does this differ from how you think you should feel? How do you read poetry? How does the act...

Guiding Questions TW: sexual assault There are themes of choice, shame, and respectability politics throughout. What behaviors and...

TW: suicide Do main characters have to be likeable? Is there value to reading complex characters you just don’t like? 3AC collective...

Guiding Questions Are you close to any immigrants? Yes: have you asked them about the circumstances bringing them to the US? Have you...

Guiding Questions What is the line between migration trauma and healthy comedy? What reinforces or breaks down “bluntness” as families...

Guiding Questions What were your impressions about Bob throughout the book? One of the underlying themes is “safety in numbers”. What...